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The goats LEFT their pen through the LEFT side of the door

May 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The goats LEFT their pen through the LEFT side of the door

This column is being written four and a half months after the goat man gave a New Year’s Message on December 31, 2013, when he opined that what Guyana needs to take it forward into the future is...

GINA pays for ‘distasteful’ Ad campaign to smear PNC

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GINA pays for ‘distasteful’ Ad campaign to smear PNC

Ad was an error in judgement – government official One day after the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, went public that there was need for serious media...

Man survives four-storey fall

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man survives four-storey fall

A 40-year-old man of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, miraculously survived a fall from a four-storey building, yesterday, which is under construction at the corner of East and New Market Streets,...

Bank guard killed by security service vehicle

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bank guard killed by security service vehicle

When Desiree Spencer-Gordon kissed her husband Vernon goodbye early yesterday morning as he was leaving for work, she expected the day to be just like all the others she spent with him where he would...

Beaten prisoner’s hospital chart disappears, found in guard’s bag

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten prisoner’s hospital chart disappears, found in guard’s bag

An investigation has been launched at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation into the disappearance of a patient’s medical chart on Tuesday. This newspaper understands that the chart was found...

Guyana has slowest internet speed, yet among most costly in the region

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has slowest internet speed, yet among most costly in the region

Guyana has the slowest internet speed and is among the most expensive in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), according to a new study released yesterday by the Inter-American Development Bank...

Rudisa Beverages offers to drop case if Guyana amends discriminatory law

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rudisa Beverages offers to drop case if Guyana amends discriminatory law

…opposition stance cost nation US$6M – Attorney General The Guyana Government will have to return to Parliament to amend the discriminatory Environmental Tax which recently caused the...

CJ quashes Royston King’s appointment as Town Clerk

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CJ quashes Royston King’s appointment as Town Clerk

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday quashed the appointment of Royston King as acting Town Clerk by the Mayor and City Councilors; in the interim that legal cause is shown in support of King being...

Dem boys seh…Bobby run to India and lef Jagdeo wid dem boys

May 15, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bobby run to India and lef Jagdeo wid dem boys

When dem boys put out de challenge fuh name one good thing that Jagdeo did for Guyana that de people could be proud of, dem expect not to sleep. Dem believe that dem phone woulda been ringing...

GCB 50-over Inter-County U-19 cricket …Fifties from Peters, Himraj & Paul power E’bo to stunning win against B’ce

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB 50-over Inter-County U-19 cricket …Fifties from Peters, Himraj & Paul power E’bo to stunning win against B’ce

By Sean Devers Essequibo registered a stunning five-wicket win over Berbice in their second round Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-over Inter County Under-19 cricket match at Enmore after the team from...

Saha, Vohra star as Kings XI go top

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saha, Vohra star as Kings XI go top

ESPNcricnfo – The prospect of facing Kings XI Punjab means extensive research on Glenn Maxwell. Perhaps a few hours spent decoding David Miller. But the winning push, in Hyderabad, came from...

Kraft Junior Skill Level Tournament

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kraft Junior Skill Level Tournament

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with its dependable corporate partner Digicel Guyana, Tuesday night served off its third tournament of the year, the National Junior Squash...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Allan Donald way off mark with hasty pronouncement on Pollard

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Allan Donald way off mark with hasty pronouncement on Pollard

Dear Sports Editor, I was reading an article on Cricinfo titled “Arrogant” Pollard got away lightly. The article was focused on the altercation that occurred during the IPL matchup between RCB...

Stag Beer/EBFA Div. 1 League …Two drawn matches highlight latest play

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Div. 1 League …Two drawn matches highlight latest play

Agricola Red Triangle had to settle for an equal share of the points against Kuru Kururu Warriors when the two sides clashed in the feature game of the Stag Beer/East Bank Football Association...

Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ East Coast segment starts Saturday

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ East Coast segment starts Saturday

Defending champions Plaisance will open up the defence of their title when they face Nabaclis in this year’s East Coast segment of the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’...

GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI overcome Demerara by two wkts

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-19 50 overs tourney…President’s XI overcome Demerara by two wkts

By Zaheer Mohamed The President’s XI defeated Demerara by two wickets and three balls to spare in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County U-19 50 overs tournament yesterday...

GNA to host Regional Umpires Seminar

May 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GNA to host Regional Umpires Seminar

The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) will bring off its first major activity for the year when they host a Regional Umpires Seminar and Workshop sponsored by The Americas Federation of Netball...

Declining prices still major challenge for Gold Board

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Declining prices still major challenge for Gold Board

Authorities are predicting continued volatility in gold prices but remained confident yesterday that it will not drop much this year. According to the state-owned Guyana Gold Board (GGB), the...

Tilting Hill Street building…$30M being spent to underpin entire structure

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tilting Hill Street building…$30M being spent to underpin entire structure

By Rabindra Rooplall The tilting four-storey Hill Street, Lodge storage building will be underpinned by 52 steel piles. Concrete mixtures will be poured into the steel piles in order to fully...

Billions to be spent to import food in the Caribbean

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Billions to be spent to import food in the Caribbean

– But Agri. Minister convinced “we can grow the thing” The Region is likely to import more than US5.5 billion in food products this year while a measly US$1.5 billion in like products are...

Teen shot in mouth…Kennard undertakes to complete review of file by next Friday

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot in mouth…Kennard undertakes to complete review of file by next Friday

– Colwyn Harding matter to finish by Tuesday Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard has undertaken to complete his examination of the file on the shooting in the...

Obsolete copyright laws expose Guyana’s Intellectual Property

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Obsolete copyright laws expose Guyana’s Intellectual Property

By Kiana Wilburg When one takes a simple stroll around Stabroek or Bourda Market, many stall holders are eager to entice you with “bootleg DVDs” three of which cost $500. Even copies of locally...

GTA commences Spanish training for tourism staffers

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GTA commences Spanish training for tourism staffers

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce yesterday commenced its effort to bridge the language barriers existing between Guyana and its Spanish-speaking tourists. This initiative is being...

Apex Academy students robbed

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Apex Academy students robbed

Two 16-year-old male students of Apex Academy, East Coast Demerara, were robbed yesterday, while proceeding east along Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. According to one of the schoolboys, he and a friend...

Black Bush Polder devotees say statue leaking sindoor

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush Polder devotees say statue leaking sindoor

By Leon Suseran Devotees of the Narine Durgaa Devi Maha Kali Temple, Mibikuri, Black Bush Polder, as well as curious onlookers and residents, turned out in their numbers yesterday to view a...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more